Ice-cream disher



July 24, 1928.

G. 'r. FARR ICE CREAM DISHER Filed July 16, 1923 ye Parr r o e Patented July 24, 1928.

UNITED STATES GEORGE 'r. FARR, on ST; PAUL, mmnnso'ra Application filed July 16,

My "invention relates to ice cream dishers and has for its object to provide a device by means of which the ice cream is retained within the holder after the ice cream has been removed from the bulk to prevent the same from spilling out of the'd'evice.

Another object of the invention resides in providing a pair of hinged plates adapted V to be brought together to hold the ice cream between the same.

A still further object resides in providing a rigid handle attached to one ofsaid plates and a complemental handle secured to the other of said plates by means of. which the device may be used in removing the ice,

cream fromthe bulk and by means of which the plates may be brought together to hold the ice cream between the same.

- Another object of the invention resides in providing a pair of spaced hinge members for said plates and for providing a plunger adapted to eject the ice cream from between said plates, which plunger passes between said hinged members and is guided in a guicleway secured to one of said plates- Other objects of the invention reside in the detailed construction of the same. as brought out in the specification and claims relating thereto. I

In the drawings illustrating'rny application in one form:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the device.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the device with a portion of the same cut away to show the construction thereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the invention taken on line 33 of Figure 2.

In the use'of ordinary ice cream dishers for removing ice cream in slices from the bulk, considerable difliculty has been had in that the ice cream frequently slips out from between the plates by means of which the same is severed, thereby causing waste of time and considerable inconvenience. My invention overcomes these vdifiiculties by providing the disher with a pair of hinged plates which may be brought together to securely hold the ice cream in place.

In the construction of the device illustrated in the drawings, I employ a pair of parallel plates 10 and 11 which may be constructed of any shape into which it is desired to form the slices of ice cream. In this particular instance, I have shown the shape of a piece of pie, though it can readily 1 on-CREAM DISHER.

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be understood that other shapes may be em-.., ployed if desired. To the arcuate portion of the plates 10 and 11,=I attach two arcuate castings 12 and 13' which are positioned between the said plates and are rigidly securedthereto. To,v

the casting 13, I provide two lugs 17 and'18 to which is integrally connected a handle 19 which serves as the principal handle for the device by means of which the same may be manipulated in removing the ice cream, from the bulk. Adjoining the lugs 17 and 18, I provide similar'lugs 14 and 15, which are connected to the casting 12 and to which is integrally connected adepending handle 20 which extends below the handle 19 and, which is adapted to follow alongand lie adjacent the same. I It will be noted that lugs 14 and 17 are; spaced from the lugs 15 and 18 and that the handle portion 20ex tends through the space between the lugs 17 and 18' which are connected with the handle 19. These sets of lugs are pivotally connected to form a hinge for the two plates 10 and 11 by means of twoscrews 21 and 22 which pass through lugs 17 and 18 and are screwed into the lugs 14 and 15. By inspecting Figure 1,.it canclearlybe seen that the plates 10 and 11 may be brought together by pressing the handle 20 toward handle 19. The plates 10 and 11 are normally held in parallel relation by means of a stop 23 formed on the lever 20 which engages the underside of plate 11' and by means of a coil spring 24 positioned between the said handles. When these handles are pressed together, plates lOand 11 are caused to come together to hold the ice cream which may be apart to, the position shown in Figure 1 releasing their gripupon the ice cream'within' the same.

For removing the ice cream from the disher,I provide an arcuate ejector 26' which is secured upon the end of a plunger 27. This plunger is journalled in an upstanding ear 28 formed on the casting 13, which car is so positioned that the plunger 27 passes through the space between the lugs 14 and 15 of the hinge construction of plates 10 and 11. Upon the end of plunger 27 is attached a thumb piece 29 by means of which the said plunger and ejector 27 and 26 may be operated.

In using the device, the same is grasped cream which i has been severed and "which is positioned between the same so that the said slice may be quickly and effectively removed without danger of slipping out lirom J the plates after the same is raised "above the bulk ofth'e ice cream. dVhen'itis desired to "discharge the slice oiti'i'ce icream, the handle f 20 is released which causes the' plates 10 and lltoagainspread apartfto parallel-relation, leaving the slice of 'ice cream; free between the same so 'that the said slice may be conveniently removed. By -now pressing upon th'elthumb piece 29, gp'lunger 27 may be advanced :along its guideway 28 so that lthe :ejector26bearsupon the end xof the slice of ice. cream .causin'g'the 'same "to be forced out of the disher and to the deposited Where required.

The advantages o f-imy invention are maniffe's't. Anextremly'simpileand usetul device is provided by means-of whichice creamanay YJbe dished out in slices "inlan eil'ective and rapid manner,'which slices'may-b'e deposited Where required. 'The handle oi the device maybe cas'tin one piece with'the hinge construction so that a niinimun'inuniber of parts isrequired in the construction, making the same exceedingly simple and economical to v manufacture.

In accordance with the patent i-statute's, II have described thejprinci ples of operation ofrmy invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider "to represent the "best embodiment thereof, but I desire to "have it -understood that the construction shown is v onlyillu'strative and that the --invention can "be carried out by other mean-sland applied *to uses other than those above set forth within'the scope of'the followingaclaims.

I claim:

1. An ice cream disher comprising ,a pair of normally parallel plates, apair ofarcuate attaching members secured to 'sai dlpla'tes, hinge members formed on said attaching ,members for hingedlyconnecting said plates ,together. and handles for moving said plates qrelative' to one anothensaidhinge menibers being spaced apart, a .p'lunger operable abeaween ,-said ihinge members i-an'd extending between said plates and an ejector secured to the end-ot-saidplunger.

2. An ice cream disher comprising .a

connecting said plates together, 'a 'second handle connected with said second attaching member, said second handle passi'ngithrough the 'openi'n'g in said first, attaching :member, an -e ector positioned between saidjplates and a plunger attached thereto andfpassing be tween said hinge lugs. r

An ice 'creanildishercoinpri'sing:a pair oi normally p arallel segmental :shapedplates, a ;pair of 'ar'cuate attaching members secured "to the'arcuate portionsioff'saidplatesbetween the same, spaced hinge Zlugs formed on said attaching 'men'ibers and pintles passing "through said hin'ge lugs for "hingedly connectin said plates together, ahandlehaving affor ked portien connected to two of said, hinge lugs, arsecond handle having :a Iorke'd lporti'on connected tot-he vother "oi said liinge lugs and positioned between the forked gportron 17f said first handle, said first 'lhandl'e extending obliquely downwardly fronr'sai'd V disher and (said second handle followin'g 'along said "firsthandle in spaced relation thereto. J I i 4. An'ice cream disher comprising appair of normally parallel segmental xjshaped plates, a pair ntarcuate attaching members secured to the arouate porti'ons oif'said'plates 7 "between "the same, spaced hinge lugs formed on said attaching members and pin'tlesgpass- "ing throughsaid hinge l ners for 'hingedly connecting said plates together, .a handle having ea forked portion connected to two of said fhinge lugs, a "second handle having a torked portion connected "to the other "of said hinge lugs and positioned between -the forked portion of said .first handle, said-first handle extending obliquely downwardly from said disher and said second handle following along 'saidffirst handle in spaced relation thereto, a stop formed on said second handle adaptedto engage the plate to which said second handle is attached for "limiting .ft'he movement-of saidplatesanduaflcoilspring positioned between said handles.

GEORGE FARR. 

